The Sengoku period also known as the warring states period, was a century of constant conflict and warfare that began in 1467 and lasted till 1568. This period of war gave birth to what is now many of the most prominent figures of Japanese history, the Sengoku daimyos; daimyos were powerful feudal lords second only to the shogun. During the Sengoku period, the Onin no Ran, a conflict between shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa and his brother Ashikaga Yoshimi, had rendered the shogunate a bystander to the pending warfare between the militant abundant daimyos that sought power. The most prominent daimyos included Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the famed Oda Nobunaga; all made historical impacts during the Sengoku
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He was hindered by the landscape of his own mountain-isolated province and all his advancement towards central Japan were meet by other powerful daimyos. Many battles with Uesugi Kenshin at the battlefield of Kawanakajima led to empty handed returns and any advancements towards the pacific coast was meet by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the then ally of Oda Nobunaga. Takeda Shingen of Kai and Uesugi Kenshin despite conflict were both individually the biggest threats to Oda Nobunaga. Takeda Shingen made then innovative contributions as one to convert the traditionally mounted archers into lancers, which demonstrated success at the battle of Mikatagahara in handing Tokugawa Ieyasu a defeat to be remembered. Along with Oda Nobunaga, Takeda was also one of the first dominant warlords to convey firearms into their weaponry and successfully implement their use in battle. Hence, Takeda …show more content…
As the brilliant strategist that Nobunaga was, he maneuver intelligent tactics and more importantly he sought for inovatation in the way wars were fought. Nobunaga was the pioneer of firearm use in Japan and incorporated the use of European firearms into war tactics. Although, Chinese firearms have been in Japan for over two centuries, they were viewed as incompetent weapons due to accuracy and efficiency problems. Nobunaga demonstrated the potential in firearm at the Battle of Nagashino through his matchlock men; soldiers that carried matchlock guns, improved guns that freed the shooters hands for steady and accurately aimed
He was hindered by the landscape of his own mountain-isolated province and all his advancement towards central Japan were meet by other powerful daimyos. Many battles with Uesugi Kenshin at the battlefield of Kawanakajima led to empty handed returns and any advancements towards the pacific coast was meet by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the then ally of Oda Nobunaga. Takeda Shingen of Kai and Uesugi Kenshin despite conflict were both individually the biggest threats to Oda Nobunaga. Takeda Shingen made then innovative contributions as one to convert the traditionally mounted archers into lancers, which demonstrated success at the battle of Mikatagahara in handing Tokugawa Ieyasu a defeat to be remembered. Along with Oda Nobunaga, Takeda was also one of the first dominant warlords to convey firearms into their weaponry and successfully implement their use in battle. Hence, Takeda …show more content…
As the brilliant strategist that Nobunaga was, he maneuver intelligent tactics and more importantly he sought for inovatation in the way wars were fought. Nobunaga was the pioneer of firearm use in Japan and incorporated the use of European firearms into war tactics. Although, Chinese firearms have been in Japan for over two centuries, they were viewed as incompetent weapons due to accuracy and efficiency problems. Nobunaga demonstrated the potential in firearm at the Battle of Nagashino through his matchlock men; soldiers that carried matchlock guns, improved guns that freed the shooters hands for steady and accurately aimed